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Hegel on the Family Form
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Hegel famously argues that the patriarchal, bourgeois nuclear family is a rational institution worth defending. Scholars have asked what exactly to do with this seemingly outdated part of his social and political philosophy. In particular, they have wondered whether Hegel's concept of the family can accommodate...
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Can Hegel's defense of the bourgeois nuclear family be reconciled with family abolition? This study argues yes by analyzing sibling, spousal, and parent-child relations, it shows Hegel saw the family as a site for developing individuality, ethical love, and material support, not as a necessary institution.
Can Hegel's defense of the family align with family abolition? This Element explores key family relations and radical transformation.
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Hegel famously argues that the patriarchal, bourgeois nuclear family is a rational institution worth defending. Scholars have asked what exactly to do with this seemingly outdated part of his social and political philosophy. In particular, they have wondered whether Hegel's concept of the family can accommodate changes to our understanding of what counts as a family and what constitutes family relations.
In this Element, I ask whether Hegel's defence of the family can be reconciled with family abolition, the project not of reforming the family as an institution, but of radically transforming it beyond recognition. By examining the three relationships that Hegel associates with the family – brothers and sisters, husbands and wives, and parents and children – I argue that Hegel's concept of the family can be reconciled with family abolition so described.
What Hegel provides is an account of the family as a site at which important goods have been discovered and developed, without claiming that the family as an institution is necessary for, or even ideally suited to, their continued realisation. These goods are singular individuality, ethical love, and material resources.
Hegel on the Family Form by Andreja Novakovic explores these topics in depth, offering a nuanced perspective on this aspect of Hegelian philosophy.
Series: Elements in the Philosophy of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Hegel on the Family Form
Hegel famously argues that the patriarchal, bourgeois nuclear family is a rational institution worth defending. Scholars have asked what exactly to do with this seemingly outdated part of his social and political philosophy. In particular, they have wondered whether Hegel's concept of the family can accommodate changes to our understanding of what counts as a family and what constitutes family...Paperback$7400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks -
Hegel on the Family Form
Hegel famously argues that the patriarchal, bourgeois nuclear family is a rational institution worth defending. Scholars have asked what exactly to do with this seemingly outdated part of his social and political philosophy. In particular, they have wondered whether Hegel's concept of the family can accommodate changes to our understanding of what counts as a family and what constitutes family...Hardback$21400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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ISBN: 9781009586719
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 March 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Illustration: Worked examples or Exercises
Audience: General / adult
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Weight: 117g
Pages: 70
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Hegel on the Family Form
Hegel famously argues that the patriarchal, bourgeois nuclear family is a rational institution worth defending. Scholars have asked what exactly to do with this seemingly outdated part of his social and political philosophy. In particular, they have wondered whether Hegel's concept of the family can accommodate changes to our understanding of what counts as a family and what constitutes family...Hardback$21400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
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